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the economy didn't always work for everyone. racial discrimination locked millions out of poverty -- or out of opportunity. women were too often confined to a handful of often poorly paid and it was only through painstaking struggle that more women, and minorities, and americans with disabilities began to win the right to more fairly and fully participate in the economy. nevertheless, during the post- world war ii years, the economic ground felt stable and secure for most americans, and the future looked brighter than the past. and for some, that meant following in your old man's footsteps at the local plant, and you knew that a blue-collar job would let you buy a home, and a car, maybe a vacation once in a while, health care, a reliable pension. for others, it meant going to college -- in some cases, maybe the first in your family to go to college. and it meant graduating without taking on loads of debt, and being able to count on advancement through a vibrant job market. now, it's true that those at the top, even in those year
the economy didn't always work for everyone. racial discrimination locked millions out of poverty -- or out of opportunity. women were too often confined to a handful of often poorly paid and it was only through painstaking struggle that more women, and minorities, and americans with disabilities began to win the right to more fairly and fully participate in the economy. nevertheless, during the post- world war ii years, the economic ground felt stable and secure for most americans, and the...
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economy and to some extent the world economy is extraordinary. so it's a very important position that people hold. i'm going to focus my questions on the lng siting. of all of the stuff that you have responsibility over there is probably no more important mission that you hold today in terms of the strategic interest in the united states and siting these lng facilities. the congress gave you the authority to make the final decision or at least on the permits back in the energy policy act of 2005 at the time we did it result you are going to be using that for imports more than exports but the fact is between you and the department of energy, you have the ability to affect the strategic interest all over the world. i met last evening with some officials from the russian energy sector and they are very aware of the impact of the exports from the united states will have a markets that right now the russians dominate just as an example. i also met recently with turkey. some of cuts extend -- does understand -- has expired how the ability to produce th
economy and to some extent the world economy is extraordinary. so it's a very important position that people hold. i'm going to focus my questions on the lng siting. of all of the stuff that you have responsibility over there is probably no more important mission that you hold today in terms of the strategic interest in the united states and siting these lng facilities. the congress gave you the authority to make the final decision or at least on the permits back in the energy policy act of...
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they are not helping and with first act to growth in the economy. i think that americans will put more money into education and the economy is doing better or when they confront the fact that the funding education is actually hurting them and their state, so i think there is a bigger picture and bigger pressures out there at play on this and then of course you also have legal requirements and constitutional requirements within states. we are sadly one of the states that under our con -- constitution require a test for every child. in connecticut we have shaffer's own mail and o'neal being a former governing -- governor that allows a super education district overseeing about 41% of the kids in the greater hartford school district and surrounding districts putting them in different schools that they would otherwise be attending. that is a constitutional answer to an education problem. >> yes, sir. >> thank you governor. i'm sorry. i am very stern a senior adviser to the educational foundation. my question. you opine that we know what works yet there s
they are not helping and with first act to growth in the economy. i think that americans will put more money into education and the economy is doing better or when they confront the fact that the funding education is actually hurting them and their state, so i think there is a bigger picture and bigger pressures out there at play on this and then of course you also have legal requirements and constitutional requirements within states. we are sadly one of the states that under our con --...
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it is an agency that almost no one hears about coming yet it is -- its impact on the world economy is extraordinary. so it is a very important position that people have owed. of all of the stuff that you have responsibility over, there is probably no more important mission that you hold today in terms of the strategic interest in the united states than citing these lng facilities. the congress gave you the authority to make the final decision at least on the permit back in the energy policy act of 2005. at the time we did it we felt that he would be using that for the imports, more than the lng exports. but the fact is that between you and the department of energy, you have the ability to affect strategic interest all over the world. i met last evening with some officials from the russian energy sector and they are very aware of the impact lng exports from the united states will have in markets that right now the russians dominate just as an example. i've also met with turkey, kazakhstan, some of those countries, kay tarr. it's just stunning how our ability to produce natural gas with
it is an agency that almost no one hears about coming yet it is -- its impact on the world economy is extraordinary. so it is a very important position that people have owed. of all of the stuff that you have responsibility over, there is probably no more important mission that you hold today in terms of the strategic interest in the united states than citing these lng facilities. the congress gave you the authority to make the final decision at least on the permit back in the energy policy act...
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are we going to have a progrowth, pro-investment, pro- middle-class economy? or are we going to keep having this trickle-down austerity economy? that is the real question here. in both places there is going to be a lot of lawsuits. the last thing i will say that illinois this as well, and why i think illinois in particular is political as opposed to economic. last year, the unions in illinois, led by the illinois federation of teachers, the unions in illinois actually negotiated with the state senate a pension package that created roughly the same amount. that package went nowhere. instead, this one, which is actually taking -- remember what i said about most of these folks have no social security. this is now basically cutting annual cost-of-living increases that retirees had going forward. i am sorry, the illinois number is about 100,000. >> we will go to another question. your hand signal is so subtle. we will go to you after this. >> on the same subject, do you have an idea of some other countries and their collective responsibilities on retirement? everyo
are we going to have a progrowth, pro-investment, pro- middle-class economy? or are we going to keep having this trickle-down austerity economy? that is the real question here. in both places there is going to be a lot of lawsuits. the last thing i will say that illinois this as well, and why i think illinois in particular is political as opposed to economic. last year, the unions in illinois, led by the illinois federation of teachers, the unions in illinois actually negotiated with the state...
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are we going to keep having this kind of trickle-down austerity economy? that's the real question here. in both places there's going to be a lot of lawsuits. the last thing adults say about illinois is this as well. about why i think illinois in particular is political as opposed to economic. last year the union in illinois, led by the illinois federation of teachers, the unions in illinois actually negotiate with the state senate, a pension package that created roughly the same amount of savings. that package went nowhere. and instead this one, which actually is taking -- remember what i said about most of these folks have no social security. this is now basically cutting any cost-of-living increases that retirees had going forward. and i'm sorry, illinois number is about 100,000. >> thank you. we're going to go to paul. >> on the same subject, generally been do you have an idea on some of the countries and their collective responsibilities? what is your idea? everyone is worried about social security crashing, and a lot of people just being left on the s
are we going to keep having this kind of trickle-down austerity economy? that's the real question here. in both places there's going to be a lot of lawsuits. the last thing adults say about illinois is this as well. about why i think illinois in particular is political as opposed to economic. last year the union in illinois, led by the illinois federation of teachers, the unions in illinois actually negotiate with the state senate, a pension package that created roughly the same amount of...
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what it means so that happen, and, number two, as the assistant majority leader knows, this helps our economy. when people receive unemployment benefits, they're spending it. they're spending it in the grocery store, at the hardware store, they're spending it at the auto repair shop to fix their car so they can go out and get a job and go out and go to work. so all of those are reasons that raising the minimum wage is so important, extending unemployment insurance is so important. and one more point before yielding to the assistant majority leader from illinois. it's not welfare, it's unemployment insurance. people pay in when three working working -- when they're working hoping they're not going to collect. so they're collecting their insurance basic. that's what insurance is. things aren't working right, you get unemployment benefits, unemployment insurance, social insurance. that's why this is so important. i yield to the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: will the senator from ohio yield through the claire for a question? officer the senator fromthe pre. mr. durbin: can the senator from o
what it means so that happen, and, number two, as the assistant majority leader knows, this helps our economy. when people receive unemployment benefits, they're spending it. they're spending it in the grocery store, at the hardware store, they're spending it at the auto repair shop to fix their car so they can go out and get a job and go out and go to work. so all of those are reasons that raising the minimum wage is so important, extending unemployment insurance is so important. and one more...
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so it is actually helping re- envision what career tech ed should look like in this new economy, and frankly, there is a lot of really great career tech ed schools throughout the country. toledo has one that is a terrific school, that has been aligned with gm. aviation high school in new york city, aligned with the aviation industry. transit tech in new york city. so i think there is some steam and a headwind that could actually push perkins through the gate, but it has to be formulaic. meaning we have to have a formula for this, no more competitive grants. you cannot keep doing winners and losers in the nation when all communities really should have high-quality career tech ed. >> last question, mr. thomason. >> it seems to me, at least, that like politics, education is pretty local. and today's teachers you think are trained well enough to handle situations like zero- tolerance policies that are so bizarre that produce incredible incidents and publicity, kids being held up and suspended for childish things that are completely out of the norm, the lack of parental involvement in the
so it is actually helping re- envision what career tech ed should look like in this new economy, and frankly, there is a lot of really great career tech ed schools throughout the country. toledo has one that is a terrific school, that has been aligned with gm. aviation high school in new york city, aligned with the aviation industry. transit tech in new york city. so i think there is some steam and a headwind that could actually push perkins through the gate, but it has to be formulaic. meaning...
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economy is not perform the way we would like. real wages have been stagnant in our country for more than a decade. think about that. at the time when the cost of college and whole host of other things, health care is going up substantially, real wages essentially has been frozen. you are all for me with the budget problems we face. it is a growing disparity between the haves and have-nots in our society. that should concern all of us over time. and all of these things are in some ways interrelated with the question of economic growth. if i had to pick one thing i would agree with what jon had to say. what is our comparative advantage? how do we grow this economy in a very competitive world? how do we empower not just give, but empower our citizens through hard work and thrift and all those things to enjoy some of the fruits of that growth, particularly the third that just aren't getting the education? those kids that just aren't getting the quality of education they need to be economically relevant, and a very innovative and glob
economy is not perform the way we would like. real wages have been stagnant in our country for more than a decade. think about that. at the time when the cost of college and whole host of other things, health care is going up substantially, real wages essentially has been frozen. you are all for me with the budget problems we face. it is a growing disparity between the haves and have-nots in our society. that should concern all of us over time. and all of these things are in some ways...
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. >> the other was the downgrading of the economy and also responsible to this administration the other two things listed were cuts to medicare. so two out of the top three have hurt my people and obviously i'm concerned about it and i think it's going to affect the elderly also disproportionately represented in the rural areas of my district. mr. holtz-eakin come in that regard you indicated that we shouldn't be looking at these medicaid advantage rates or the care advantage rates based on 2013, but we should be looking to the future. can you explain that more fully? >> i am concerned that the current experience was at the outset by the demonstration program, the medicare service and attrition program, which i will take this opportunity to say not all of the planes are uniformly wonderful. it's a good idea to have a program to rate but it does not reward good performance and it needs to be reformed so that actually does. but they put $8 billion disguised for the near-term. >> i appreciate that. mr. chairman, with batch i yield back. >> the chair thanks the gentleman and recognizes mr.
. >> the other was the downgrading of the economy and also responsible to this administration the other two things listed were cuts to medicare. so two out of the top three have hurt my people and obviously i'm concerned about it and i think it's going to affect the elderly also disproportionately represented in the rural areas of my district. mr. holtz-eakin come in that regard you indicated that we shouldn't be looking at these medicaid advantage rates or the care advantage rates based...